New Forest satellite photos

Explore the New Forest in detail, by satellite!

The digital revolution allows us to zoom in on places from space and the Virtual Earth program has the New Forest pretty well covered.
If you need any guidance using the map, just follow the simple instructions in the column on the right.
Enjoy!

[Mac users will need to use the Firefox web browser to view the map].



[Please remember that this map is hosted by an external server, so I have no control over its functions, download times, how fast the page opens fully etc.etc...]




Going further afield

All of the UK (and beyond) can be accessed from this map, simply zoom right out and select your region from the map that appears.
Almost all of the UK is covered by high resolution satellite photographs, so feel free to explore beyond the New Forest National Park!

 

How to use the map

The satellite map should load centred over Lyndhurst, in the centre of the New Forest National Park.

To move around the map - left click anywhere on the image, hold and drag the cursor in any direction
or
use the 4 arrows in the small control box, top left of the map.

To zoom in or out - use the slide bar in the control box, click on the - & + buttons or use your mouse scrollwheel.

To see/hide place and street names - select/deselect the 'Show Labels' box.

To view in 'road map' style - click the 'Road' link in the control box.

To return to aerial photo - click the 'Aerial' link in the control box.

Bird's Eye view - certain areas are covered in more detail and can be viewed from 4 different directions. When you are over such areas, a "Bird's eye" link will appear to the right of the 'Aerial' link in the control box.
This is the best view of all, select the larger of the two skyscraper icons to get the highest zoom when this link appears.

Show/hide control box - use the appropriate button above the control box if the box is getting in the way of your view.